Long-Term Internships for Recent Graduates at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Job Title: Internship

Location: New York, NY

Full-time nine-month and twelve-month internships are awarded every year to recent graduates of degree-granting programs at the graduate and undergraduate level. Long-term interns begin on the first Monday in June and participate fully in the ten-week Museum Seminar (MuSe) Internship Program. Please read the description of the MuSe Program before applying. At the conclusion of the summer session, they continue work with their supervisors for the remainder of their internship period and participate in weekly programming for the Fall- and Spring-Semester Internship Program.

The Met strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and the visual arts.

The following internships are available for 2024-2025:

  • Twelve-Month Internship in Live Arts
  • Twelve-Month Preprogram Conservation Internship
  • Lifchez/Stronach Nine-Month Curatorial Internship
  • The Emily K. Rafferty Twelve-Month Internship in Museum Administration
  • The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Twelve-Month Curatorial Internship in American Decorative Arts
  • Twelve-Month Internship in the Digital Department
  • Twelve-Month Access and Inclusion Education Internship
  • Twelve-Month Teen Programs Education Internship
  • Virginia Barbato Internship in The Costume Institute

Visit The Met’s website to learn more and apply:

Long-Term Internships for Recent Graduates | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Requirements

  • All interns are employed by The Met and must have valid U.S. work authorization. If you are not a U.S. citizen nor a permanent resident with authorization to live and work in the U.S., please see “International Applicants” below.
  • Met interns commit to being fully present and onsite for the duration of the internship. They are not permitted to take courses or hold additional jobs or internships that coincide with their scheduled Met internship work hours.
  • Internship dates are fixed and not flexible.

International Applicants

Undergraduate and graduate internships at the Museum are open to international applicants. Interns are responsible for ensuring that they have valid legal status under applicable U.S. visa regulations while participating in the Museum’s paid internship program. All interns must have valid U.S. work authorization. The Museum does not sponsor visas for interns. If you require a visa, you may be eligible to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program (J-1 visa program), by going through an outside agency that has been authorized by the State Department to sponsor a J-1 trainee visa. These sponsors are responsible for supporting and monitoring foreign nationals during their exchange programs in the United States. Note: the J-1 visa program currently requires that interns work 32 hours per week; for this reason, individuals requiring a J-1 visa should only apply to the full-time MuSe Internship Program, not the part-time internship.

We recommend that you consult with the U.S. embassy in your home country to determine which visa will allow you to participate in this internship. Please be aware that obtaining a visa is usually a lengthy process and can cost upwards of US$1,500; it must be completed well in advance of the internship start date. If you are offered an internship but do not have work authorization before the start date of the program, your internship will be canceled.